PDF Replica versions of digital magazines and content have advanced dramatically since 2010. For many businesses and individuals with restricted resources, and limited time to convert their digital contents to expensive technical platforms. The PDF Replica editions offered the perfect solution to ease into the digital publishing age, while offering a less expensive route to reaching their audiences!
Some will argue that PDF Replica editions no longer have a place in the modern digital age, as digital technology has advanced to using
Article View
(Which I will talk about later in this blog)
or the latest trend for
Live Editions!
(Which I will cover in a future blog)We believe that PDF Replica editions, can bridge the gap for many businesses and individuals during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
that are looking for cost effective ways to market their products and services with a digital magazine version, while keeping audiences and advertisers happy!
Replica values
Many businesses or individuals wishing to publish and share their digital magazine, catalogue, or publication content will choose the PDF Replica edition app route.
PDF Replica editions offer your brand a fast and effective way to create an identical copy of your printed magazine, catalogue, or publication. To begin with many brands will simply start by uploading their PDF print files to an online portal provider for example: Issuu, Flipsnack
or Apazine.
There are lots of other good online portal providers. So it’s worth a bit of time searching on Google
to see what is available, and what functionality they can bring to your digital PDF Replica edition while representing your business brand image!
Many online portal providers offer FREE
basic services and functionality, with additional charges for extra features. It’s worth looking to see what the extra features are! For example: Can you see who’s consuming your content via analytics?
Can you add a video, audio, image galleries or other interactivity?
Can you create new revenue streams?
Later on in this blog I will be offering a bespoke alternative that maybe more suitable for your digital PDF Replica edition!
Once you have uploaded your PDF print files, and after checking the functionality and extra features of your portal provider. You should be offered basic tools to draw, or select areas within your PDF files so that you can begin adding interactive enhancements such as: page jumps, video content, hyperlinks, emails, social media icons, live phone numbers, podcasts, image galleries, audio, animation
and embedded YouTube videos!
The finished PDF Replica edition can then be released as an online digital flipbook
for desktop, tablet
and mobile
readers,
that can easily be shared with your brands audience via all social media platforms including: Facebook, Twitter
and LinkedIn.
Bespoke approach
Mark and he’s team can offer your business brand a fully bespoke PDF Replica edition approach. Our portal system allows you to showcase your digital magazine, catalogue, or publication content in exciting ways, either as a native app
for many App Store platforms
including: (Apple, Google and Amazon)
that can be viewed on mobile and tablet devices, or delivered online in an enhanced HTML 5 Reader
experience that can be accessed via desktop and your audiences mobile or tablet web browser!
All our PDF Replica editions are designed with a modern clean and hassle-free user interface that can be viewed anytime, anywhere, on desktop, tablet and all mobile devices. Our bespoke solutions allow you to define your brand colour, this helps to ensure your PDF Replica edition app looks and feels like your business brand, your brand colours will then appear in all your apps, plus on any of your title’s page via HTML 5 Readers and web browsers!
Article View Article View allows for article-by-article reading format of your digital magazines content, and works on scrolling down and across. It is also accessible from within your PDF Replica edition as a separate enhanced feature should you wish.
Article View
is becoming a rapid media in which to reach end users on more mobile and tablet devices than ever before, with your brands digital magazines content!
Article View
also gives your digital magazine readers control over text size for reading, night reading options, responsive mode,
and social media sharing capabilities.
Mark and he’s team would be happy to discuss ways we can help you to convert any existing PDF files so that they are ready for Article View!
Interactive elements
The good thing about Article View is that it still retains all the interactive elements that you would otherwise find in a standard PDF Replica edition. For example, video content, hyperlinks, emails, social media icons, live phone numbers, podcasts, image galleries, audio, animation
and embedded YouTube videos!
This helps to bring your static magazine article content to life, while giving your readers a truly unique reading experience and keeping them engaged with your content for longer!
Which is best for your brand?
Whether you decide to go with a basic PDF Replica, enhanced PDF Replica, bespoke PDF Replica,
or Article View,
will largely depend on the amount of time, resources,
and budget
that your business brand can allocate to your digital magazine creation! There are as I have said in this blog some FREE
routes to PDF Replica editions, which are ideally suited for individuals and small business brands! Remember just because something is FREE
do ask yourself (Will it make your brand look professional?)
If your business brand requires a more web based approach, with scrolling and text reading options for your magazine creation then Article View
will provide all you need!
How we can help you
Mark and he’s team at Tondo Creative Design
are experts in designing and creating interactive bespoke PDF Replica editions, Article View editions,
and PDF Replica native apps
that allow your business brand to expand and publish content in exciting new ways, while reaching out to your audience!
Why not call Mark and he’s team today to see how we can help your business with all your digital design needs during COVID-19!
Call us on 07907 772643
or email the team at: hello@tondocreative.co.uk